French banking giant BNP Paribas has launched 16 new equity-based exchange-traded funds on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra and Frankfurt exchanges.
Five of the new BNP Paribas Easy ETFs track either US or European stocks which have been selected based on their high exposure to one of the following factors which have been proven to be drivers of long term out-performance: low volatility, quality, momentum or value.
A further ten track regional indices from MSCI which screen out companies involved in the production of controversial weapons: cluster bombs, mines, chemical and biological weapons and weapons using enriched uranium.
Additionally, the BNP Paribas Easy MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF invests in 400 US companies with high ESG ratings, those that sustainably focus on the environment and corporate governance. This excludes companies whose products have negative social or environmental impacts, are currently embroiled in an ESG-related controversy, as well as those involved in producing tobacco, alcohol or military weapons.
The full list of recently launched BNP Paribas Easy ETFs, their trading currencies and total expense ratios (TERs) are listed below.
BNP Paribas Easy Equity Low Vol Europe UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.30%
BNP Paribas Easy Equity Low Vol US UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.30%
BNP Paribas Easy Equity Momentum Europe UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.30%
BNP Paribas Easy Equity Quality Europe UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.30%
BNP Paribas Easy Equity Value Europe UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.30%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Emerging Markets ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.35%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI EMU ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Europe ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Europe ex UK ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Europe Small Caps ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Japan ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI KLD 400 Social UCITS ETF – USD – TER: 0.31%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI North America ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI Pacific ex Japan ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI UK ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – EUR – TER: 0.26%
BNP Paribas Easy MSCI World ex Controversial Weapons UCITS ETF – USD – TER: 0.26%